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A simple, safe non-addictive medicinal herb. NOT a drug! Thousands of years and not a single addiction. Not a single death attributed to it. Except for the Prohibition Era. Did anyone know, before a simple, safe non-addictive medicinal herb was outlawed 50,000 products were made from it?